What's the best job in Hollywood? You might think it's living your dream as a writer or director, but what if it's actually being an aging actor who works one to two days a month on low-budget movies that pay extremely well?
You've probably seen clips of these often-terrible movies floating around on Twitter or other forms of social media. They might have a rotund Steven Segal toting a gun, or Nic Cage hunting an albino lion.
These low-budget affairs are called "Geezer Teasers." They're genre movies that star older actors and cater to the direct-to-video (or streaming) market.
But what's the process behind these movies, and how do they make money? Who gets rich off them? I decided to take a peek into the world when I was up late scrolling through some particularly bad options on streaming sites.
